Democracy cannot be defined by
definite line as people expect to do. It is interesting about
politics. In this world you actually can’t say this country is
fully democrat and the other is none democracy countries. We do
have friction in east Europe and American democracy. It is delicate
to understand. But, as to give analogy, it is continuous
development process like you achieving new athletic records. There
is no limit of how far better human being can go.
Of course, there are obvious lack
of democracy like Burma under rough junta of thud general’s
dictatorship. We, who love democracy than rice and natural gas,
stand together with people of Burma. At the same time I observe
Singapore leaders trying as they can; although I agree their effort
is not enough YET!. But, I don’t see Singapore government as
dictator government. You have good administration, fair election.
Remember democracy is the continuous development in the process as
I mentioned above; Singapore do exit in this process.
Do not get misled with what you see from outside the glass window,
which will be different when actually seen from behind
the glass.
A piece of glass distort the view, and with
clever engineering into the glass, your perspective can be
altered to suit someone's agenda.
"Fair election" in Singapore ?
This will be the biggest joke if you understand what Singapore
Election involves.
Firstly, the list of Citizens eligible to vote in Election
2006 - was 2,147,840 Citizens, and yet only 52.3 per
cent will have the opportunity to participate in the
Election.
Second, the Election cannot be fair when the election boundary
to determine the perimeter limits of the Constituency is only
finalised less then 7 days before the final date for the Election
is announced.
Third, the boundaries of the various constituencies are secretly
determined after careful study of the results from the last
election. The size and actual demarcating lines of the
constituency will be determined with the purpose of diluting the
supporters for the Opposition Partes as seen from the last
election.
Fourth, can any Election process be fair when after
dissolving the Government and Parliament - the incumbent party
continue to exercise Executive Powers to place the print and
broadcast medias under political controls, denying the
other Alternative Political Parties fair access to reach out
to the Electorate, and not allowing the News Reporters
the space and liberty to write honest news reports.
Does a population of 3.5 Million Citizens need 85 Members
of Parliament - all in an island Republic that is no bigger then
the City of New York ?
What the eyes see - may not necessarily be the real
thing.
